Akpoveta Hits South Africa For Trials With Chippa United

By: Abidoye Babatunde Bully striker Oke Akpoveta has arrived at Chippa United as he looks to impress head coach Clinton Larsen, BSNSports reports. The 27-year-old landed in the country on Thursday and has previously had stint with Warri Wolves and Scandinavian teams like Brondby IF, Lyngby Boldklub and Helsingborgs IF. His last stint was AFC Eskilstuna in Sweden. Chilli Boys head coach Clinton Larsen confirmed the striker's arrival , who he is training seriously. "He just arrived a day ago, he had one training session with us. He was recently in Sweden, can't get the name of the team. "I can't judge [what kind of player he is] after one session, if he has played in Sweden he can't be bad. So we will have a look. We don't take a day to make a decision, we take 10 days, usually a week or 10 days," he adds", Larsen stated. "We are not in a position where we are desperate to sign, if we sign we will sign somebody that's really, really outstanding and can help us. Remember there's only three months of football left. The league finishes on 11th of May, we've got to be very smart in terms of making sure whoever we recruit is going to be here long term. "That's the only thing we care about from a striker... it's someone who can score goals. Too much is said about strikers, their movement, build-up play, but at the end of the day you judge a striker on the goals he scores".